babe

babe /beɪb/ noun [countableC]

1 literaryBABY/HAVE A BABY a baby 婴儿

babe in arms (=one that has to be carried) 襁褓小儿

2. WOMAN spoken informal a word for an attractive young woman 宝贝儿〔指年轻貌美的女子〕

3. TALK TO somebodyINSULT spoken informal not polite a way of speaking to a young woman, often considered offensive 小妞〔对年轻女子的称呼，常被认为具有冒犯性〕

4. TALK TO somebodyLOVE spoken a way of speaking to someone you love, especially your wife or husband 亲爱的〔对自己所爱的人，尤指对妻子或丈夫的称呼〕

5 babe in the woods American EnglishAmEEXPERIENCED someone who can be easily deceived 容易上当受骗的人

He was like a babe in the woods when he first came to New York.

他初到纽约时就像一个不谙世事的幼稚小孩。

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babe in the woods• Stop worrying about Lucia - she's no babe in the woods anymore.

Examples from the Corpus

babe• Rex is sleeping like a babe.• Jack could not have looked more out of place if he'd been a Baywatch babe in a nunnery.• And I really dig those cute babes looking on!• Hey, babe, how are you?• Brad's a total babe.• Except for meeting you, babe, of course.

babe in arms• a woman with a babe in arms• There is a monument to those who fell - men, women, children, babes in arms and the aged.

Origin babe

(1300-1400) Probably from the sounds made by a baby

babe noun

Chinese

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